Posts Tagged: native pollinators
So You Want to Learn About Native Bees...
So you want to learn about native bees... Be sure to attend Robbin Thorp's presentation on "Buzzed...
Native pollinator specialist Robbin Thorp, emeritus professor of entomology at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A male sweat bee, Halictus tripartitus, as identified by Robbin Thorp. It is leaving a California golden poppy. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Importance of Pollinators
It's a brief appearance but the message is important. Pollination ecologist Neal Williams,...
Pollination ecologist Neal Williams of UC Davis with native bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Salute to California Agriculture
Do you...
California Agriculture
Wild Bees: Alternative Pollinators
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Sweat bee
Bee condo
Build It And They Will Come
Build it and they will come. Baseball's “Field of Dreams?” No, a bee nesting...
This is a bee nesting block built to attract native pollinators. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A female leafcutting bee heads for the bee nesting block. The holes are of different diameters and depths to attract a greater diversity of native bees.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Leafcutter bees are just a few of the native bees that use a bee nesting block. The block faces the morning sun so that bees can warm themselves up to flight temperature. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)